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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Painted my center caps black
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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The hood is pealing pretty bad
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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So I sanded it down and painted it black
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:29 PM
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I will be painting the bumpers, fenders, trim and the bottom of the door black soon. I have 30" tires on the way
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Very nice. What did you use for paint? Rattle can?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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Yea the center caps look real good, and you can see some stripes on the hood but i am going to sand it a little bit and respray it til it looks perfect (or as close to perfect i can)
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:33 PM
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Nice. I did the same to my whole truck.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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I just checked out your pics, how did those racing stripes come out?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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Really well, actually. I will keep them if I ever get a real paint job.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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I am going to take another pic of it painted in the morning, it was dark by the time i was finnished
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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Looks good man. Keep up the work.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 02:50 PM
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Here's a pic with the paper off, I will probably be doing more painting on Wednesday and installing a hitch on the back

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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 05:20 PM
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Finially. Get that hitch on. Lol.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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I still need to get the bolts to install it, i'm going to try and do it Sunday morning
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 08:14 AM
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I still need to get the bolts to install it, i'm going to try and do it Sunday morning
Call the dealership to get bolt size and length. Its prob m12x1.75 not sure on length maybe 120mm
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